Plantar Faciitis

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I still can't use my feet much. I'm getting by and my foot is recovering faster, but I also am avoiding so much of the things I love.

Things I already had for my achilles:
tension brace
compression sock
ankle freeze pad

Things I have bought to try to help:
a full foot and ankle microwave/freeze pad
topical lidocaine
slippers that advertised (these have been great)
two kinds of shoe inserts
taekwondo shoes
Dr. Scholl's sandals (less helpful than I had hoped)

I'm just so frustrated because I'm also having the one thing is broken, so your other body parts get sore favoring it and there's this cascade of issues. (I think this problem was a combination of cyr class (from December) and my right foot having the weird pain.) And also during workouts, since the workouts are designed to be a combination of muscle groups, but when you modify, it usually doubles the stress on a body part. I've had weird pains in my calf and shoulder which I think is from that.

I know it could be worse, and I know I'm whining a bit. I've just all my life been told "work harder to get where other people get" and mostly my body breaks when I work harder, and I'm ok with that, I just wish our society was better at understanding that different bodies work different ways and results are not guaranteed.

Comments

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I'm sorry. Having chronic physical issues like that sucks.